Interview The construction of the new Kyzyl-Kuragino railway line, which for the first time will connect the Republic of Tyva with the Russian railway network, has entered an active phase.

Turin Juventus held negotiations with the agent of London Arsenal and Dutch national team striker Robin van Persie, during which the parties agreed on a personal contract for the player, Football Italia reports with reference to La Stampa.

Based on the results of the first quarter, the recruiting portal Superjob.ru notes an increase in the number of resumes from senior managers in Ufa looking for a new job, as well as an increase in the number of offers for these positions on the market. According to the portal, the number of vacancies for senior management personnel in April in Ufa increased by 8% compared to the beginning of the year, the number of applications for them increased by 1.4%.

Sergei Bozhenov is not averse to heading the Volgograd “United Russia” Volgograd Governor Sergei Bozhenov has the opportunity to head the regional organization of United Russia. On May 14 he was included in the party’s governing bodies. He himself does not rule out such a scenario; the topic is actively discussed in the region. But the party plans to deal with “personnel issues” only after the May congress of the party in power.

The US House of Representatives recommended that Congress include $849 million in the country's defense budget for the 2013 fiscal year, which is planned to be transferred to Israel as military aid. In the original draft budget, the US Department of Defense requested $99.8 million in funding for Israel. Funds will be allocated if the revised draft budget is approved by Congress and signed by the US President.

The found recorder of the Sukhoi SuperJet 100 (SSJ-100) that crashed in Indonesia recorded the last conversations in the cockpit, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade said in a statement. “The found recorder recorded the last 2 hours of conversation in the cockpit. Tomorrow the necessary equipment to decrypt the recordings from the “black box” will be delivered to Jakarta from Moscow...

The trial of the commander of the Bosnian Serb army begins in The Hague The trial of former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic begins today in The Hague at the International Court of Justice for the Former Yugoslavia. He is accused of organizing the massacre of the Muslim population in Srebrenica and the siege of Sarajevo during the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992-1995.

The residential complex "Platinum", being built on the Sverdlovskaya embankment of St. Petersburg, is an example of several trends in modern urban planning, one of which is the infrastructural saturation of the residential environment. DMITRY YUZHIK, General Director of Kvartira.ru Platinum LLC, spoke about the ideology of the project, consumer psychology and the mutual educational process of society and the authorities.

The Moscow Department of Culture intends to include the art project “Nomadic Museum of Contemporary Art”, which was not previously approved by the capital authorities, during which artists will roll carts with their works along the boulevards, into the list of walks of the “Night at the Museum” event, its head said at a press conference Sergei Kapkov, whose words are reported by RIA Novosti.

Since April, the Ural Airlines company has opened a new flight Moscow-Cologne. Another bridge has appeared connecting Russia with Germany, one of the key economic partners. About the significance of this flight, the airline’s strategy on European and other routes - a conversation with the General Director of Ural Airlines SERGEY SKURATOV. GUIDE: Sergey Nikolaevich, you launched a flight to Cologne from Moscow with a fairly high frequency - four times a week. Why so often?

Context 290 1 min. ... Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee seized flight documentation from the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft company as part of a criminal case regarding the crash of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) aircraft in Indonesia, said official representative of the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin. A Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed in Indonesia during a demonstration flight on May 9.

The famous French biathlete signed a 2-year contract with the Belarusian national team on May 16, AFP reports citing the Belarusian Biathlon Federation. The 37-year-old specialist will have to lead the Belarusian men's team into the top ten strongest teams in the world. Raphael Poiret discussed his upcoming appointment in Belarus in April.

Azoty Tarnow management considers it low Details of the proposal of Vyacheslav Kantor’s Acron holding to purchase the large Polish chemical corporation Azoty Tarnow have become known. The holding is willing to pay more than $465 million for 66% of its shares, which implies a premium to the market price. However, the management of Azoty Tarnow has already stated that it considers the price set by Acron to be too low.

The project to enter the market of Perm management companies of the Novosibirsk holding Sibirenergo-Comfort has been discontinued. A former subsidiary of Novosibirsk residents, UralEnergo-Comfort LLC, today filed for bankruptcy with the Arbitration Court of the Perm Territory. Previously, according to the Bulletin of State Registration, on December 13, 2011, the sole participant of the LLC decided to liquidate the company.

This month Ukraine will begin supplying electricity to Hungary. The corresponding supply contract for 2012 was concluded by DTEK with the Hungarian company MVM Partner. The agreement provides for a monthly adjustment of the volume of supplies based on the needs of the Hungarian side for Ukrainian electricity. The contract price of electricity has not yet been disclosed. Based on materials from RBC-Ukraine